1201-0100 - Department of Revenue

Department of Revenue For the operation of the department of revenue, including the tax administration division and the audit of certain foreign corporations; provided, that the department may allocate an amount not to exceed $250,000 to the office of the attorney general for the purpose of the tax prosecution unit; provided further, that the department may charge the expenses for computer services, including the cost of personnel and other support costs provided to the child support enforcement unit, from this item to item 1201-0160, consistent with the costs attributable to that unit; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this account are positions requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than full-time basis beginning not earlier than December 1 and ending not later than November 30; provided further, that seasonal positions funded by this account may not be filled by an incumbent for more than 10-months within a 12-month period; and provided further, that the department shall work with other state agencies, including the office of the attorney general, the division of unemployment assistance and the department of industrial accidents, to aggressively enforce the commonwealth's laws relating to employee classification, as well as to encourage voluntary compliance with these laws, with the goal of increasing the collection of income tax revenues related to workers who are currently improperly classified as independent contractors